PUNCH : Digitizing for Embroidery Design by Bonnie Nielsen
In this book, the author addresses the design process and creative techniques for embroidery digitizing.
The book explains in depth all aspects of the embroidery design process from the basics to advanced creative embroidery techniques. Regardless of punching skill level, this book is a valuable source of inspiration and technical advice.
The book is full of numerous pictures and step-by-step instructions to make it easier for the reader to understand, which are not based on any particular digitizing software.
Bonnie Nielsen is an internationally known embroidery designer with more than 25 years of experience. She is recognized worldwide for her creative punching skills and is well known for her technical embroidery digitizing articles. She now lives in Germany working at this time as a puncher for Madeira Garnfabrik, giving embroidery design seminars to international groups of punchers and designers. Bonnie Nielsen continues to write articles for trade magazines and also does design development for the embroidery fashion trends and corporate industries.
This book provides digitizers with lots of ideas and hints to help them create interesting and high-quality embroidery designs. A true source of inspiration is to be found in the numerous design samples from Bonnie´s personal extensive archive.